Was playing a friendly game with buddies today. I drove short on a par 3, made a miserable chip and was about 5 feet from the edge of the green on the fringe. The flag was still in and everyone else was on the green. One of the guys went to pull the pin and I asked him to leave it in as I was off the green. He said that as I was putting (used my putter) I had no right to have the pin in. One of the others agreed with me and it was left in. The pin puller said that he had seen a match on tv the other week where a caddy had left the pin in when his player was putting from off the green and he was penalized.
What say you Rules Guru?